Lab tests CPT 88305 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Biopsy pathology exam cost in Tullahoma, TN — inpatient

In Tullahoma-Manchester, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for biopsy tissue exam by a pathologist (level IV) as an inpatient: from $72.50 to $72.50, with a median of $72.50. Across Tennessee, the median is $44.00 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 88305, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.

Lowest$72.50Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
Median$72.50half pay less
Highest$72.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Tullahoma-Manchester, TN.

median
Lowest $72.50Highest $156.31

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital lowest Tullahoma, TN · (931) 393-3000 HC GROSS & MICRO LEVEL IV $72.50 $250.00 $19.37–$200.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN · (931) 393-3000 SURG PATH,LEVEL IV $103.24 $356.00 $43.30–$356.00 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma, TN · (931) 393-3000 HC G&M PROSTATE BIOPSY $156.31 $539.00 $19.37–$431.20 71% Oct 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $72.50, median $72.50, highest $72.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $72.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code covers the lab exam of a tissue sample under a microscope. Most biopsies use it, including skin, colon polyp, stomach, breast core and prostate core biopsies.

What the price covers

The price is usually for one specimen. Each separate specimen is billed again, and the pathologist's reading may be billed separately.